According to court documents, Newton fired gunshots near the basketball courts in the southside park on Oct. 11, 2011, wounding an 18-year-old Muncie youth in the leg.

The alleged victim told investigators he was not the intended target of the shooting. Another bullet struck a house in the 1600 block of South Penn Street, the reports said.

Newton was arrested in connection with the shooting on March 15, 2012, but prosecutors said they did not receive case reports necessary to file charges before he was released from jail a week later. Formal charges were filed on March 26, the day Delaware Circuit Court 1 Judge Marrianne Vorhees issued a warrant for the teenager's arrest.

The most serious of the pending charges agaisnt Newton is a Class B felony carrying a standard 10-year prison term. He was convicted of resisting law enforcement in 2011.

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Teen held in park shooting

A Muncie man charged in connection with a 2011 shooting in Heekin Park was apprehended Monday, 18 months after a warrant was issued for his arrest.